Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-04
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river at Beatrice.
A Norwegian farmer engaged In painting a
windmill fell and was instantly killed.
Holdrege Is negotiating with Babcock &
Strang, OF Omaha. for = w%aterworks plant.
A couple of Scribner celebrated their
fortieth wedding anniversary a few days ago.
The county seat contest between Hay
and Rushville has got into the courts.
A gang OF drunken tran ps are hanging
around Fremont and give the police much
Charles w. Foster, the humorous editor OF
the Omaha World, has gone east on a yaca-
ton.
August Gruner, a Wisner butcher, was
$25 and costs for peddling diseased
meat.
The spectators of Wayne are said to have
clesped up sec, 900 in real estate deals re-
Stout and his partners have purchased
ground and will open limestone quar-. les near
Weeping Water.
A new bank, a Masonic temple and water
works are promising Improvements in Falls
City.
A terrific hailstorm occurred at Franklin
on Saturday, driving the crops into the
ground.
A Knights OF Labor assembly was recently
organized at Ord. 1t starts out with thirty
five members.
The wife OF Hon. John G. Watson, Of Ne
braska City, has sued for divorce and asks
for s., 900 alimony.
. Nebraska City will shine up with electricity
on or about the lst OF October. Crete has
contracted for a similar plant.
The people in the vicinity OF Lawn Ridge
have organized an association for the dis
couragement Of horse stealing.
A man at Logan saw twenty-six rattle
snakes in one day and says he hadn't been
drinking anything but soda water.
Lionel Schauman talked anarchy and
bloodshed at Wisner and was bound over TO
the district court In bonds Of $500.
In the series Of games between the North
ern and Southern clubs Of the western base
ball league Topeka has a decided lead.
The Hon. p. F.. 0'Sullivan is doing some
lively work in the mail line in West Point.
He is invaluable as an assistant to the post
Under a section Of an old Lincoln ordi-
nance, which the new administration has
resurrected, hotel runners will have to take
a license.
Articles incorporating the Commercial Pro-
tective association Of Nebraska, with head
quarters at Sterling, were filed with the secre-
tary Of state recently.
The vicinity Of Nebraska City is infested
with horsethieves. The farmers declare il
the rascals are caught they will get a short
shrift l. a long rope.
Richard Frewen will sue the Dakota Cattle
company at the next term Of court in Dawes
county, beginning May 30, for s25, 600 lam
ages for breach Of contract.
Fa;rmont points TO two school buildings
going up, a Masonic block, a water works
system aud a new depot, as evidence of a
prosperous building season.
Schuyler hay men rejoice that the rate Of
so per car to Omaha has been put into effect.
by the Union Pacific. The rate had been
raised TO sl4 to placate the long haul.
An outpost Of the Salvation army was
showered with decayed eggs In Grand Island
a few days ago. The hoodlums who perpe-
trated the outrage earned a whaling.
On Wednesday morning John Lowell, Of
Holdredge, was arrested charged with arson
for the purpose Of swindling insurance COM
panies. 1t is said he confessed the crime.
Robert Spicer, a boy fourteen years Of age
living within four miles of Edgar, was thrown
from a running mule Monday and becoming
entangled In the halter, was dragged to death.
Fremont hens have caught the boom and
are determined TO keep up with the ines.
An egg was brought into the Tribune office
that measured 6 by 8 inches in circumfer-
ence.
The franchise for electric lights has been
granted by Nebraska City to the Thomas IL
Houston company, Of Boston, for twenty
years. The plant is to be completed by Cc-
tober /.
This is an era Of PROCESS and reform. The
Nebraska railroad commission has declined a
special train over the Elkhorn Valley road
and will travel like the common herd At regu-
lar rates.
The Fremont street railway company has
applied to the city council for a franchise.
The company agrees TO begin the work of
construction by July 10, and complete one
and a half Giiies by the close OF the year.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Carson celebrated their
golden wedding at Fairmont, last Tuesday.
The venerable couple were surrounded by
scores Of relatives and friend. asd enjoyed
The congratulations and mementos OF the &C
.asion lowered upon then
An Omaha woman took sAu1 Of 1900 be.
onging to the family and decamped, leaving
! note explaining that she was going to Dec
yer. The husband took the remaining 500
md celebrated the event by a protracted spree
md brought up in the police court.
The Exchange Hotel at Ashland was burned
On Thursday morning about | O'Clock. 1t is
supposed to have been struck by lightning az
. severe storm was raging at the time. The
oss IS 5000 with full insurance. ID. 8. Clark
and George Simonson were overcome by the
leat and fJr a time were In q dangerous con-
iition.
Herman Verhausen OF Nebraska City was
Wednesday bound over 10 the district court
answer the charge OF wsylaying and at.
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